CW preps football spin-off, DuVernay series

US free-to-air network The CW has ordered a spin-off from American football drama All American and a superhero scripted series from Ava DuVernay.

Ava DuVernay (photo: Dani Brubaker)

Produced by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros Television, All American: Homecoming follows an aspiring tennis player from Beverly Hills and an elite basketball player from Chicago as they contend with adulthood and college sports.

It is written and exec produced by Nkechi Okoro Carroll, with Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, David Madden and Robbie Rogers also serving as exec producers. Michael Schultz directed the pilot spin-off episode.

Naomi, produced by DuVernay’s Array Filmworks in association with Warner Bros Television, is about a teenage girl as she sets out to uncover the origins of a supernatural event that has shaken the small town where she lives.

It is based on the DC comic of the same name that was first published in 2019 and co-written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F Walker and illustrated by Jamal Campbell,

DuVernay has written and exec produced Naomi alongside Jill Blankenship (Arrow), with Sarah Bremner and Paul Garnes serving as exec producers. Amanda Marsalis directed and co-executive produced the pilot episode.

The two series join The 4400, a reboot of the 2004 USA Network drama, which was given a straight-to-series order in February.